Provocative Opinion: The Importance of Maintaining a Balance Between Explicit and Implicit Objectives

Lebsack, Joan T.

Journal of Chemical Education, 52, 5, 328-329, May 75

States that the most effective way of teaching specific chemical knowledge is through the use of explicit objectives; the most effective way of teaching the process of inquiry and the method of dealing with scientific information is through the use of implicit objectives. (MLH)